This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "Either a technician competes on quality, or they compete on= price" Quote un quote...E. Foote If you are just starting out you will be competing on price. A= reply of average piano tuning fees across the world won't do you= much good...locally is what matters. I'd call some of my= experienced competitors and simply ask what they charge for a= tuning. You don't have to say your a piano tuner. With that= figure you can decide what you will charge... David Ilvedson Original message From: Aart in America Piano Services To: Pianotech Received: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:23:45 -0500 Subject: Re: Pricing Hi, please see attached. Will someone please share what the= average piano tuning charge is ? Thanks! Aart On Mar 11, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Aart in America Piano Services= wrote: Hello to All. I'm a new associate member. (November 04) Could someone please advise me what is the standard charge for= tuning. Also, what is an appropriate charge for traveling out of your= area? Thanks, Aart On Mar 11, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Jim wrote: Brian Many good points being made . . I'll add an old 'sales' axiom .= . . "two people are negotiating . . . the one who wants 'it' least .= . wins " . . . has the upper hand I guess. They 'absolutely ' want the piano tuned . . . you 'probably' want= the business . . . I have done a few of those really late jobs for our local= theatre, and high school . . .they are very grateful . . Jim Kinnear "A man is about as big as the things that make him angry." --= Winston Churchill ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Servinsky To: Pianotech Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 5:24 AM Subject: Re: special tuning request..how do you do it? Brian wrote:I have received a request to tune a piano the= Saturday evening before Easter, around 10 p.m., after the church has completed an Easter play. They= wish to have the piano ready for the Easter morning service. = The church is located out of town and has been a regular= customer. Brian It all depends on how much you want to keep this account. You are= in between the "rock and the hard place" situation. If you do it, you have to apply some level of holiday and after= hours rate as this is an out of the ordinary request. It comes= to reason that your time is valuable and their request is= unique. On the other hand ,if you don't do it, then you run the= risk of loosing the account. Personally, I would be bold and make your point loud and clear= that their request is one which comes with a major service call= fee ( at least 2x your rate) and then put the ball back in their= court. Although I do a lot of unusual hour-tunings due to= concert work being my main gig, I make it quite clear that very= late hour work comes with a price tag. If they re willing to pay= for it, they'll ask for my service. If not, they won't. Simple= is that! Tom Servinsky ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Doepke To: Pianotech Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:01 PM Subject: special tuning request..how do you do it? Hello list, I have received a request to tune a piano the Saturday evening= before Easter, around 10 p.m., after the church has completed an= Easter play. They wish to have the piano ready for the Easter= morning service. The church is located out of town and has been= a regular customer. What are some of your practices regarding additional fees for= such a situation? Brian P. Doepke A.A.A. Piano Works, Inc Aart P. Markenstein Aart P. Markenstein ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/58/a4/62/24/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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